Fragmented Identities of Nigeria

Sociopolitical and Economic Crises

John Ayotunde Isola Bewaji, Rotimi Omosulu (Herausgeber)

Buch | Hardcover

304 Seiten

2022
Lexington Books (Verlag)
9781666905830 (ISBN)

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In Fragmented Identities of Nigeria: Sociopolitical and Economic Crises, edited by John Ayotunde Isola Bewaji and Rotimi Omosulu, readers are offered essays which explore the historiogenesis and ontological struggles of Nigeria as a geographical expression and a political experiment. The transdisciplinary contributions in this book analyze Nigeria as a microcosm of global African identity crises to address the deep-rooted conflicts within multi-ethnic, multi-linguistic, multi-religious, and multicultural societies.
By studying Nigeria as a country manufactured for the interests of colonial forces and ingrained with feudal hegemonic agendas of global powers working against the emancipation of African people, Fragmented Identities of Nigeria examines the history, evolution, and consequences of Nigeria’s sociopolitical and economic crises. The contributors make suggestions for pulling Nigeria from the brink of an identity implosion which was generated by years of misgovernance by leaders without vision or understanding of what is at stake in global black history. Throughout, the collection argues that it is time for Nigeria to reassess, renegotiate, and reimagine Nigeria’s future, whether it be through finding an amicable way the different ethnicities can continue to co-exist as federating or confederating units, or to dissolve the country which was created for economic exploitation by the United Kingdom.

John Ayotunde(Tunde) Isola Bewaji is a member of CODESRIA College of PhD Mentors in Africa and senior research associate at the University of Johannesburg. Rotimi Omosulu is lecturer in philosophy in the Department of Language, Linguistics, and Philosophy at the University of the West Indies.

Introduction
John Ayotunde (Tunde) Isola Bewaji

Chapter One: The Regime of Mental Magnitude and Identity Fragmentation of Nigeria
John Ayotunde (Tunde) Isola Bewaji

Chapter Two: Religious Nationalism and Politics of Identity in Contemporary Nigeria
Michael Onyebuchi Eze

Chapter Three: Demystifying Identity Crises in Nigeria
Rotimi Omosulu

Chapter Four: Ethnicity and English as a ‘Neutral’ Language in Nigeria’s Multilingual Space
Bolanle O. Sogunro

Chapter Five: Linguistic Practices as Possible Precursors of Identity Endangerment
Samson Olusola Olatunji

Chapter Six: Language and Identity Crisis in Frantz Fanon’s Philosophy of Double Consciousness
Kenneth U. Abudu and Augustine E. Iyare

Chapter Seven: Ethnic Nationalities, Religious Fundamentalism, and Federalism in Nigeria
Olugbemiga Samuel Afolabi and Modesola Vic Omotuyi

Chapter Eight: Festivals and Dance as Catalysts for Ethno-Cultural Integration and Identity
Oluwatoyin Olokodana-James

Chapter Nine: Colonial Urban Ce

Erscheinungsdatum	07.10.2021
Reihe/Serie	The Africana Experience and Critical Leadership Studies
Co-Autor	Kenneth Uyi Abudu, Olúfadékemi Adágbádá, Tajudeen Adewumi Adebisi
Zusatzinfo	21 tables;
Sprache	englisch
Maße	160 x 237 mm
Gewicht	626 g
Themenwelt	Sozialwissenschaften ► Ethnologie ► Volkskunde
Themenwelt	Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie
ISBN-13	9781666905830 / 9781666905830
Zustand	Neuware